Pazazz : The Impact and Resonance of White Clothing
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| Autore: |
Edwards Nina
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| Titolo: |
Pazazz : The Impact and Resonance of White Clothing
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Reaktion Books, Limited, , 2023 |
| ©2023 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 391.009 |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Social History |
| Costume Design | |
| History | |
| Design | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Pazazz examines the complex meanings of white clothing throughout history. Delicate and impractical, white cloth in the past was difficult to obtain, as well as to keep clean. It is a symbol of purity but also of class superiority, privilege, and the display of leisure. It represents the menace of the Ku Klux Klan, but also the transition of a bride to the married state. It can be the appropriate dress for mourning and shrouds. White lace is ethereal; straitjackets are tough stuff. White clothing has been a marker of innocence and simplicity for women, but also of calculated, high-maintenance fashion. And for men, white can be evidence of power. But for many, white is a startling absence of colour, the epitome of elegance. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Pazazz |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Pazazz |
| ISBN: | 1-78914-739-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910861059303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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